Skip to main content

Table 4 Water use for each crop in selected Chinese regions

From: Regional water footprints of potential biofuel production in China

Index

Cassava

Sweet sorghum

Jatropha curcas

Guangxi

Guangdong

Yunnan

Fujian

Jiangxi

Heilongjiang

Jilin

Liaoning

Shandong

Gansu

Yunnan

Guizhou

Guangxi

Sichuan

Chongqing

ETg (mm/d)

61.9

63.9

84.7

88.9

62.1

25

31.1

28

36.7

27.7

46.7

34.8

43.9

27.4

30.3

ETb (mm/d)

16.5

12.2

61.3

27.6

4.5

10.8

13.9

4.6

22.7

18.6

26.8

10.7

11

13.5

3.84

CWUg (m3/hectare)

967

998

1323

1389

970

391

486

437

573

432

730

544

686

428

473

CWUb (m3/hectare)

258

191

958

431

70

169

217

72

355

291

419

167

172

211

60

  1. g green water, b blue water